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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR.,-OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,169, dated May 8,1883.

Application filed February 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fasteners and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and-exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in button-fasteners, and of thatclass which are adapted to secure buttons to fabrics or other materialswithout the aid of a setting-instrument as usually employed for suchpurpose.

My invention consists of a headed metallic pin, the upper portion ofwhich is bent in the iorm of a loop and having the pointed end bent andextended so as to form a retaining base or table, the said pin thusconstructed being adapted to pass through the fabric from the back orunder side thereof, after which it will admit of the shank of a buttonbeing sprung or forced over the projecting point of said fastener intothe loop portion thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, (made en'- larged,) Figure 1 represents aside elevation of my improved fastener. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation as attached to a button and fabric. fastener.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the headed portion of thefastener, having a shank, a, and loop a the latter terminating in theextension or projection a, which latter forms a Fig. 3 represents amodified form of the retaining base or table to rest upon the upper orfront surface of the fabric to which the button is to be attached. (SeeFig. 2.)

In the operation of attaching a button with my improved device the pointa is passed up through the fabric from the under or back surfacethereof, and the fastener turned around until the loop portion a andpointed plate or table a stand upright on the upper surface of thefabric, as shown, the shank of the button is then passed over the saidpointed end a and sprung in between it and the body or shank a of thefastener and into the loop a as shown.

By means of my improvements a button may be readily attached to ordisconnected from a fabric or material in the quickest manner andwithout the aid of a setting-instrument. My improved fastener can alsobe produced at avery small expense. If deemed preferable, however, inplace of the round head a the lower portion of the fastener may besplit, so as to provide resting-prongs ainstead, as shown in Fig. 3-.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, theherein-describedbutton-fastener, consisting of the metallic pin or tack,the lower portion of which is formed with a head, a, and the upperportion, a, bent into the form of a loop, (t the point a being carriedpast the said loop, so as to form a table or support, substantially asshown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. PRENTICE, GEO. A. MUMFOBD.

